Using phpunit command line arguments in my tests / bootstrap / setup / etc

Question

I want to be able to print some configuration data to stdout from my tests only when I use the phpunit --verbose command line argument.

How can i do this?

Answer 1

It may not be intended for PHPUnit authors, but you can do it this way:

<?php require_once 'PHPUnit/Framework/TestCase.php'; class EnvironmentTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase { public function testHasParam() { if (in_array('--verbose', $_SERVER['argv'])) echo "lots of info"; else echo "no info"; } } ?>